Fielding (second from left) with the cast of the “Bridget Jones” films

Jacko Still A Top Seller: Two weeks after the King of Pop’s death, Nielsen reports that Michael Jackson’s solo albums have sold over 1.1 million copies in the week ending July 12. The amount is in addition to the 800,000 albums sold during the prior week, bringing his cume to 2.3 million albums sold since his death. Then again, maybe not. [Billboard]

…Not to Mention a Traffic Magnet: Last month, on the strength of their exclusive-driven Michael Jackson death coverage, gossip site TMZ saw their Web traffic saw increase by 24% and welcomed 11.7 million unique users. The stats, as recorded by comScore, are a record even for TMZ, which also broke the Mel Gibson breakdown story. [Guardian]

Bridget is Back: British production company Working Title — which recently laid off 6 of its 45 staffers — has announced it is developing a third “Bridget Jones” movie, despite the absence of a third Helen Fielding book. Instead, the film is expected to be based on the author’s 20005 columns for the newspaper the Independent and focus on the Renee Zellweger character’s attempts to get pregnant. [Variety]

“Chinese Democracy” Leaker Sentenced: Kevin Cogill, the L.A.-based blogger who leaked nine tracks from the highly anticipated (if ultimately mediocre) Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy,” was given a year’s probation and ordered to appear in an anti-piracy commercial as part of his plea deal. He was also sentenced to two months of home confinement — because staying at home is a true hardship for bloggers. [Reuters]

Redford Hitched: The Oscar-winning actor/director married longtime girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars, an abstract artist who moved to Sundance, Utah in the 1990s, in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday. The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper reported that 30 friends and family members were in attendance. [AP]

McCourt On Deathbed: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, best known for his memoir “Angela’s Ashes,” is reportedly very ill with only weeks to live. Battling skin cancer, He was transferred to hospice over the weekend. [Belfast Telegraph]

About Speakeasy

Speakeasy is a blog covering media, entertainment, celebrity and the arts. The publication is produced by Barbara Chai and Jonathan Welsh with contributions from the Wall Street Journal staff and others. Write to us at speakeasy@wsj.com or follow us on Twitter at @WSJSpeakeasy or individually @barbarachai.